2 June 2013

Well, we fitted the tiles to the top of the bathroom vanity. Then priorities suddenly changed. While we waited for the tile adhesive to dry, Elna kept on wondering when the light in the bathroom will be fixed. See, we had to use the light from the streetlamp at night. Installing the switch was not straight forward. Originally, when I did the plasterboard in the bathroom, I left an area next to the door open in case the  plumber wanted to install his vent pipe there. So, I started finishing that part off, and eventually fitted the required light switch.

We were still fiddling around on that when the letting agent called: We had a sinkhole in the driveway in our Cambridge house.We went there with a trailer load of dirt (earth) and opened the hole. It turned out that when the soak holes were installed, they didn't back fill it properly, and a nice cavity developed. When the tenant drove over it, it collapsed. We dug it open to the root of the problem, filled it properly, and all's well.

But we had another outstanding problem, the next door neighbor requested that we do something about water running off our "Braai Lapa" so we tackled that while we were there. We installed more spouting. Should do the trick.

The rest of the week was spent on restoring the sliding sash window in the bathroom. Thank Goodness for proper tools. I was able to make all the required parts. Then sanding and painting, with light rain in between. The window had to be closed every night, so progress is slow. Might finish it this coming week.

We are also helping somebody to build a "sleepout" to be used as a beauty salon. Spent Saturday on that and hope to do the same tomorrow (a public holiday)

We also managed to buy two kitchen units for the new kitchen, an we are hoping to get another completer kitchen as well. If we manage that, the kitchen cabinets will be much easier to do.